About
10+ years of experience as a concert pianist, collaborative pianist, church pianist, and piano teacher. I am able to offer experience, a good work ethic, the skill to learn quickly and adapt to new environments, and the ability to connect with a wide range of students of different ages and backgrounds.
HONORS AND AWARDS RECEIVED
Cum Laude
University of the Philippines, Diliman
June 22, 2018
With Honors
Philippine High School for the Arts
March 22, 2013
Outstanding Student-Artist
Philippine High School for the Arts (conferred by the Cultural Center of the Philippines)
March 22, 2013
Makiling Academe and Research Institute for the Arts Scholarship
Cultural Center of the Philippines
March 22, 2013
Class Valedictorian
Bontoc Central School
Southern Leyte
March 2009
Top-Prize Winner
Philippines’ National Music Competitions for Young Artists 2017, Senior Piano Category
November 21, 2017
Third prize
Piano Teachers’ Guild of the Philippines Soundscapes Piano Competition 2011
Winner of the Best Performance of the Contest Piece
1st Henrietta S. Tayengco-Limjoco (HSTL) Piano Competition 2016
Winner of the “Rene T. Limjoco” Special Prize
1st Henrietta S. Tayengco-Limjoco (HSTL) Piano Competition 2016
First Prize
International Great Composers Competition-Masters of Piano Sonata Category 2019
First Prize
Lynn Concerto Competition 2019 held at Boca Raton, Florida, USA
First Prize
Tampa Bay Symphony Competition 2019 (Piano Division)
First Prize
International Music Competition Brussels’ (Belgium) Grand Virtuoso 2019
First Prize
Golden Classical Music Awards (New York) 2020
WORK EXPERIENCE ....................................................................................................................................... TEACHING:
Piano Instructor of Secondary Piano Courses at the Conservatory of Music, Lynn University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA 2019-present
Private Piano Teacher
Manila, Philippines – 2012-2019
Piano Teacher at the Philippine Madrigal Singers Studio (Madz Studio) – 2018
Piano Teacher at the Fides Cuyugan Asensio Institute of Music and Arts, Quezon City – 2019
PIANO SOLOIST:
Solo Pianist Debut at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (March 2013)
Piano Soloist of the Manila Symphony Orchestra -1st Henrietta S. Tayengco-Limjoco Piano Competition Winners’ Concert at the Fleur-de-lis auditorium, St. Paul University Manila (February 2017)
Piano Soloist of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto no. 1 in Bb-minor with orchestra
Abelardo Hall Auditorium, University of the Philippines (May 2018)
Piano Soloist of the Schumann Piano Concerto in A-minor, Op. 54 with the Lynn Philharmonia
Wold Performing Arts Center, Boca Raton, Florida, USA (November 2019)
Appeared in concerts as a solo pianist in the Philippines, Austria, Italy, Germany, Florida, and Louisiana (2009-present)
COLLABORATIVE PIANIST:
Official pianist of the University of the Philippines Concert Chorus (2016-2018)
Pianist of the Ballet Philippines (2018-2019)
Pianist of the ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: SYMPHONY FOR OUR WORLD, THE THEATRE at Solaire (November 2018)
Church Pianist of the Church Choir of the Couples for Christ and Youth for Christ Music Ministries – Bontoc, So. Leyte 2008-2019
Appeared in concerts as a collaborative pianist in Austria, Italy, Germany, Virginia, and Florida (2017-present)
MUSIC FESTIVALS AND MASTERCLASSES ATTENDED .....................................................................................
International Summer Academy
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria
August 2017
Manila International Piano Masterclasses Festival
August 2018